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BIXTY-KIGHT1I KAIl NO. 38
KALE-M OKFXiOX. FRIDAY MOHNINU, MAY 1. 1918
P1UCK FIVE CK5TS
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MOUSEjVOTES;
VICTORY GOES
TO MINISTRY
Lloyd George Scores Notable.
.' Success lira Controversy j
uver vuorcs itiaae oy uen
eral Frederick B. Maurice
PREMIER SPEAKS IN
DEFENCE OF POLICIES
Give in Detail Fighting
Strength of Arxhjr Crowd
Hear Debate
LONDON. May 9. The Lloyd
George ministry won a notable vie
tory in the house of commons today.
By a vote or 293 to 10$ the house
Toted down a motion introduced by
former Premier. AsQulth, providins
for the appointment of a special com
mute to investigate charges made by
Major General Frederick B. Maurice,
recently relieved of his post of chief
director of military operations at the
war office.
Stirred by the imminence of a cab
inet! crisis, the people of London
crowdtU the public galleries long be
fore,, the debate opened. The dip
lomatic and peers' galleries also were
thronged. . . .
. Premier Scarca.tic. , . v
Immediately after the introduction
of Mr. Asquith's motion, the premier
took the floor and spoke in defense
of the government. He refuted the
charges of General Maurice, and de
clared that statements made in his
recent speech to which Maurice's
charges referred were made on in
formation, received from General
Maurice's department of the, war of
fice He showed also by documen
tary evidence that the extension f
the British line was made because of
pressure exerted by France, and that
the decision was taken on the advice
of the military authorities in agree
ment -with Field Marshal Haig, the
war cabinet, having Interfered in no
way in the matter, although it ap
proved of the dispositions..
When the premier left r the house
he was largely cheered.
The premier, discussing General
Maurice's action, said lie had ascer
tained that Maurice had never made
representations to the chief of staff
. on the subject. ;.. i.-, ' . i ;.:
".Yet," the premier . continued
sarcstically. "this , is so important
that a select committee must be set
up into it; so important as to justi
fy General Maurice trampling on the
king's regulations and setting up an
example of indiscipline to the whole
army. .
i i Anxious For Inquiry.. ..:
Both he and Mr. Bonar Law were
anxious for examination of 'their,
statements by a perfectly impartial
tribunal. There was a mass of con
fidential documents Involved and he
maintained that a select committee
was not the best tribunal to investi
gate facts when passions were arous
ed. The house of commons long ago
came tc a Similar decision when such)
questions as dlputed elections were
involved. Mr. Asquith had deprecat
ed a select committee to investigate
Mesopotamia for reasons which the
premier considered right.-
With reference to the strength of
the army, th premier said:
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Second Fire Barns Over
Property of Railroad
NEW HAVEN, Conn.. May 9
Within half a mile of the still smol
dering ruins of the historic passen
ger station burned yesterday, fire
again today swept through property
of the New York. New Haven and
Hartford railroad, this time the
headquarters shops and yard system,
causing damage of about $60,000.
A rigid inquiry into the cause of
the two fires has been begun.
" Among the records burned were
those for overtime payments due em
ployes -under the proposed wage re
adjustments. : . - , , t
Pershing Asks Soldiers
to Observe Mothers' Day
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE. May 9. General John J.
Pershing has issued the following
order to all units of the American
expeditionary forces in France:
"May 8 To All Commanding
Officers:
"I wish every officer and soldier
In the American expeditionary forces
would write a letter bom on 'Moth
er's Day This is a little thing for
each one to do but these letters will
carry back our courage and oir af
fection to the. patriotic women
whose love and prayers inspire us
and cheer us on to victory. ,
(Signed) ; : 7 -'Pershing."
FIELD MEET-TO
CLOSE SCHOOLS
IN AFTERNOON
Students to Participate in In
terscholastic Contest at
lOXlock
DANCING INCLUDED
May Queen Will Be Crowned
as Additional Feature of
(Program
Combining the annual Inter-class
and interscholastic field meet with
a.new.MayjCarnlval feature the public-wnool
students of. Salem today
will participate in a program on the
hih school field beginning at 1
o'clock in the af ternoonr AH schools
In the city will be dismissed at .noon
in order that the pupils may attend.
The first part of-the demonstra
tion will consist In the crowning of
Miss Juanlta loores as queen .of
the carnival. . A garland drill, wind
ing the Maypole and & fairy dance
will follow. These were part of the
program at the , Willamette Univer
sity May Day festival.
High school athletes will take part
In the Jnterclass meet, entering the
following events: 100 yard dash.
220 yard dash. 440 yard dash 120
yard low hurdles. eifotput, discus.
pole vault, half mile relay, running
broad lump and running high jump
The three junior high schools will
follow this with a similar meet. It
is anticipated that much rivalry will
be shown In the lattef. - ---
The events are entirely under the
direction of the physical .training in
structors. Miss Emily Griffin and
R. E. Heater. A large number of
students will compete as this Is the
principal local contest of the year.
A Handsome KID PUMP withHand turned sole
and French HeeL It's a beauty from every angle
-a high grade Pump at.. ....$4.45
MORE MONEY
NEEDED FOR
COMING YEAR
Additional Bond Issues Must
, Be Called for During Pres
ent Session of Congress,
Says Senator
PREPARE STATEMENT
SHOWING SITUATION
Within Next Few Days Com
mittees Will Examine Fig
ures Submitted
- WASHINGTON. May 9. Congre
sional leaders have been advised by
Secretary McAdoo that legislation at
this session of congress Is Imperative
to provide revenue to meet the nn
expected increases in expenses inci
dent to the vast expansion of the na
tion's war program.
A statement of the country's fin
fneial situation, upon which the
amount of additional taxes and bonds
needed may v be calculated, has ben
prepared at the treasury for submis
sion within the next two . or threo
days to the committees of the sen
ate and house. .
r Whether congress will undertake
at the present session upward revl
sion of the war revenue law of last
fall, leaders at the capitol said to
night, depends upon the impression
made bv this statement. If it dem
onstrates that It is essential to act
now instead of waiting until Decem
ber, as planned, hopes of adjourn
ment by July 1 will go glimmering
and congress prabably will be here
until falLV . I
Want Immediate Act km.
Secretary McAdoo's belief that
legislation must be enacted at once
was expressed in a letter 10 senator
Simmons of North Carolina, chair
man.1 of, the. .senate flnante commit
tee. 5 - .
The unexpectedly ijeavy estimates
of expenditures for the coming year
include the 415.000.000.000 army
program, about $1,500,000,000 for
the navy, with further estimates ex
pected, and $2,250,000,000 for tho
shipping board., v ;' ' '
Senator Simmons said tonight the
tacit agreement to defer further rev
enue legislation until next December
was made before these new. estimates
were submitted. The situation now,
he said. Is materially changed, and
will have to be considered in the new
light when Secretary McAdoo's for
mal statement Is presented. f
Representative Kitchin of North
Carolina Democratic leader of the
house and chairman of the wavs and
means committee, said If additional
taxes were decided upon, the levy of
the last tax. bill probably would be
doubled. He lestimated that $2,
500,000.000 In new taxes would be
levied, but other leaders placed tho
nrobable figures at from tl.OOO.OSd,.
000' to $1,500,000,000. making a to
tal of around $6.000.009.oo, uasea
upon the estimated returns f be
tween $4,000,000,000 and $4,500.
000,000 from the present law ...
Need Mnrf llond IsMie. ,V
Futther bond issues also undoubt
edlr will have to be authorized dur
Ing the present session, according to
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Irrigation Projects
May Bay Storage Water
YAKIMA. Wash.. May 9. Recla
mation officials here today received
from Washington authority to sell
water from storage to private Irri
gation projects which are likely to
suffer from drought. The run-off
of the Taklma river now Is about
the same as In 1915, when midsum
mer was marked by severe shortage.
This season, however, the govern
ment with a large. storage already In
the reservoirs, has ordered the stor
age of 20.000 additional acre feet at
Lake Keechelus. and it will be sold
at the rate ofvl per. acre foot.
Annual Sheep Dipping
Is Waived This Year
Because of a shortage of labor and
for the reason that most sheep men
of the state would have to build vats
for the occasion. he annual sheep
dipping in Oregon will be waive! this
year. State Veterinarian Lytle ' said
yesterday. A dipping has been or
dered for next year.
Or. Lytle said yesterday that dur
ing the last six months no shipments
of sheep have been made into Ore
gon from Lyle, - ash., where the
yards are under quarantine.
HUNS NOT ABLE
TO CARRY OUT
HEAVY ASSAULT
HUNS NOT ABLE TO
CARRY OUT ASSAULT
Allied Gunners . Responsible
for Failure of Preten
tious Drive
BOMBARDMENT TERRIFIC
Defense on Flanders Front
Found Adequate; No
Gains Made
WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN
FRANCE. Ma. .y 9. The Germans
had Intended to make a mucn more
nretentious assault in Flanders yest
terday than they Vere actually able
to carry out. it has been learnea.
Their failure was due to the excel
lent work of the allied gunners and
to a- small coincident operation by
the Frencheast of Scherpenberg.
which came at the right moment to
help upset the enemy plans In this
sector.
The German attack as actually ex
ecuted. . lay . roughly, between La
Clytte and Voormexecle, and it, was
made principally by the fifty secona
German reserve division iresn
troops which had not been used since
the May offensive began assisted
by the fifty-sixth regulars.
PoAfcibly Another hmteh.
Fresh details which have come to
hand and statements by prisoners
would indicate that the enemy bad
Intended to attack with five divisions
on a much wider front, mainly be
tween Locrs and the Ypres-Comlnes
canal and It is quite possible that
this drive was meant to be the fore
runner of a grand smash to push up
west of Ypres and thereby threaten
the "British hold on the ruined city.
The Germans preceded their ad
vance bv a terrific all-night bombara
ment against both British and
French over a wide front. At 9:30
o'clock the-infantry drive was start
ed by' the fifty-second reserves, wbicn
was sent axalnst the British In Ridge
wood and tlw neighboring territory
southwest of Voormezeele, and by the
fiftr-slxth divisl. which attacked
the British on the right and the
French on the left.
Barrage Tremendous."
Before the battle started in earn
est, however, several things had hap
pened which were to have a viiai
bearing on the day's program. Along
the Ypres-Comlnes eanai an unusuai
movement among the enemy had
brought down a tremendous barrage
from the British guns against a Ge
man division on the right of the fit-
ty-second reserves.
Nothing further nappenea aiong
-
this sector, but it appeared later that
the enemy had been assembling here
to participate In the attack and naa
been so badly smashed that the Idea
of their taking part naa neen aoan
AtvnA.
In the meantime, along the Frencn
front, between Locre and La Clytte.
the French bad their eyes open and
hon a heavy bombardment. Also
thA Vronrh had undertaken a small
nttpration In the early morning for
the capture or a posiuon asi 01
Krheroenberg hill. - The combination
f the French attack and the gieat
bombardment undoubtedly complete
ly linnet the German plans, for aa
iTItlnnml German divisions. which
were assembling to assist their com
nlM nn the right, could not be
hrnurht in. As a consequence the
assault wss , confined to a two dl
vision affair, which was directly
mainly acainst the British about
Ridgo wood. .
POSITIONS KK-ESTABLISIfED.
i LONDON. May i.-"At the close of
the fighting this morning on the La
Clytte-Voormexeele sector." says
Fi.M Marshal Ha!gs report from
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SALEM TEAM
IS CHAMPION
OF OREGON
Probst and ' Elliott, High
School Debtors, Win Unani
mous Decision Over Marsh
field Speakers
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EIGHT VICTORIES IS
RECORD FOR SEASON
Trophy Is Awarded as Fea
ture of Junior Week-End
Program at Eugene
EUGENE, . Or., May 9. Special
to .The. Statesman) Salem high
school won the interscholastic debat
ing championship of Ore an here to
night when pewey Probst and Phil
lips Elliott were given a unanimous
decision over Albert Powers and
helma Lyons, representing' Marsh
fieliV high school. The Sat-m team
had the negative side of the question
an dthe Marshfield team upheld the
affirmative.
Arguments presented by the- two
teams were cn the question, "Re
solved. That at the end of the pres
ent war the United States should be
come a member of a league of na
tions possessing power to enforce the
decisions of Its International court.
Points on which the Salem team
excelled in the contest tonight trere
freedom In delivery, esremporaneous
ability, broad information on toe
subject and easy adjustment to the
argument of the opposing team. The
Marshfield team excelled in poise
and dpflnritness. The CUD. which
now goes to Salemhas engraved up
on It the names of six bign scnoois
lneludlnr Salem In 1917
Guild hall, on the campus or nn
University of Oregon, was the scene
of the debato... The final contest or
the interscholastic league Is held here
each rear as a festure of Junior
week-end.
Last night's "victory was almost a
mrnriM for th suDnorters of .me
Salem team for the reason that only
few days ago Probst and r.uioii
wrt annrised that they must take
th negative side Of tne quesiioa.
In previous debates they upheld the
affirmative. Tne resuu or me wn
r.nnnt rives Salem eight con
..iiii victories this year with not
slncle defeat registered againi
tfc arhnnt. All Tlctories nsve oeen
by unanimous decision of the Judges
with the exception of a contest with
The Dalles hih school at Portland.
which the Salem team won oy a iw
to one decision. . '
Early In the season, Deiore omcr
teams In Jhe league were eliminated.
e.in'i nexative team was Kenneth
iPower and Paul Richardson, always
kwlnners. ;.
Rumanian Qaeen WUl
v Hot Recognize Treaty
iUCTPrnAM.. -May 9. Qaeen
Marie of RumaniaJaccordlng to Ger
man nwanaoers. nas puoucij -
nounced that she never will recog
nise the peace treaty ofiwwu uu-
Wnla and Germany. Her majesty
says she would ratner aoaicaie mm
reign over a country under German
rule. The queen's children are ot the
nnininn and they never lose an
opportunity.-the newspapers add of
Insulting tne uermana in nuiuui.
Archie Roosevelt Wants
To Get Back to Front
PARIS. May 9. Captain Archie
Roosevelt, who was wounded by shell
fragments on March 7. hss sufficient
ly recovered to take walk". He says
he Is feeling fine and wlsh?s to re
turn to the front, but It is uncertain
when he will be discharged from the
hospital..
rTNDTNDIMS'
. HIDING PLACE
.'I
Half Breed Charged With
Murder of EVa French
Taken in Custody
PLACERVILLE. CAL.. May 9
Johnson Hunter, a half-breed Indian,
was trailed to his hiding nlace in the
timber in Pleasant Valley, twenty
ralle from bre, tonirht and arrested
for tl'e murder late today In Pleas
ant Valley of twenty-three-year-old
Eva French. .
The posse that located Hunter wa
headed by Sheriff Charles Hand and
it enter's brother. Bernard, who. e
rnrding to the police, was In love with
the slain girl. Johnson ' Hunter, ac
cording to Sberifr Hand, admitted the
crime but gave no motive for JL
Hunter was employed by the girl's
parents. Mr. and Mrs. A. Z. French,
pioneer settlers.
Eight Men Are Gassed
Inll Omaha Jank Yard
OMAHA. May 9. Eight mea were
raased. one seriously when a six-foot
steel aeetyline tank was punctured
early today (n a local junk yard, let
ting out dense fumes of chlrolne.
one of the most common wsr gases.
They were given, first aid treat
ment by police surgeons and all will
recover. The tank was taken to the
yard with a shipment of junk from a
Nebraska town. .
Women Compelled To
Give Time to War Worh
MILES CITY. Mont.. May ' 9.,
Every woman in Mies City and Cust
er county wll be requested to give at
least six hours. a week to the Red
Cross or allied work, unless a valid
excuse can be furnished. The local
branch of the national woman's coun
cil of defense has taken the matter
up and Is maturing plans for carry
ing out the plan. Failure on the
part of any woman to do her part
wilT result in her being hailed before
tne council.. - .
Government t o Inquire
To Fate of Captain
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE, May 9. Comrades of Cap
tain James xtorman. Hall, aviator,
missing after a combat 'on the Toul
front, have asked the American em
bassy In Paris to communicate with
Germany through. Switzerland la an
effort to ascertain whether Hall was
killed or made prisoner. . They have
furnished the embassy with a de
scription of Hall's airplane and the
number of .the motor. - -
.A French artillery observer i
ported that Hall apparently was mak
ing a safe, landing when he disap
peared from sight. , . ' '
BOrdBARDLlENTs .
THREATENSTO:
LEVEL ATMS
Germans Make Systematic Ef
fort to Destroy Public
Buildings .
CITY IS ABANDONED
Firemen Remain at Posts At
tempting to Quench Blazes
From ProiectOes
i
ON THE I. FRENCH FRONT IN
FRANCE. Wednesday. May S. The
German artillery, under orders from
the Prussian and Bavarian crown
princes. Is doing Its utmost to tarn
Amiens into another Ilheims. Pl-
cardy capitals, have already suffered
terribly from these efforts to carry
out the German idea of striking ter
ror Into the fatherland's enemies by
destruction of their most loved works
of art. and every day adds to Its suf
fering. The correspondent today went all
over the abandoned city and observed
the effects of the bombardment
Which turned parts Into heaps of
ruins and killed fifty-two men civi
lians, thirty women and five children,
besides . wounding sixty-two men.
forty-eight women and nineteen
children before the population had
an opportunity to evacuate the place.
Since the Germans have been within
cannon shot of Amiens they have
hurled no fewer than 5100 shells,
mostly six Inch and eight Inch, into
the city.
Art Treasure la Danger.
Every Indication points to a sys
tematic effort to destroy the public
buildings, as the cathedral has been
struck by shells which' have pierced
the roof and walls, and the object
of firing Incessantly upon the town
cannot be explained except upon the
aasumpetion that It is carried out
with the purely barbarous Idea of th
destruction of the beautiful objects
It contains.
- This follows from the fact that no
troops whatever are in the city and
that the railroad passing through It
is not In use. The cannonade gener
ally ceases at nightfall. only to be
replaced by air raids, which occur
almost every night.
fouarh Aerial Torpedoes,
Aerial' torpedoes to the number
of Clf hare been launched from air
planes upon various parts of the city,
As most of the shells and torpedoes
tare of the Incendiary typa, they have
caused enormous damage, so that up
to the present 1200 houses have been
destroyed. When the firemen, who
.gallantly stuck to thee pests, have
attempted to extinguish the flames
the German gunners, seeing the glare
of the fire they had caused, have con
tinued to throw in shells upon the
spot, while at night the German air
men have circled high over the blaxs
and dropped more bombs.
The cathedral, which possesses the
finest got hie nave in existahce, has
so far escaped serious damage, but
any moment may se Irreparable In
jury done It. as projectiles continue
to fall all around It.
All traffics is forblddln" to enter
the city so that the enemy may not
be given ground for -declaring the
bombardment Is of military exlgen
cles.
Si el
"0 R r a r. c
0 tiWttuL
Many Lires Loit YHca Ter
rific Gale Strikes Town,
Wrecking Buildings, and
OYeriunixng Trains
STORM ALSO VISITS .
SECTIONS IN ILLINOIS
Cattle Killed Railway
- Telegraph Convoca
tion Blocked
CrilCAGO, May ' 9. Six known
dead, scores injured and property
damage running into the hundreds
of thousands of dollars .resulted
from a storm which swept through
central Illinois and . Iowa today,
reaching the proportions of a tornado
In many sections.
The storm was accompanied by
torrential rains which warhed cut
miles of -railway track, while ttt
wind uprooted trees and telerrsrh
and telephone poles, paralyicg :.-e
communication for many fcon.
Many buildlnxs were destroyed ai
croos and rirdens ruined! .
At Franklin. Morgan county, tbre
persons were killed bya fall In c rocf.
At Toulon. Ill-, a farther and his son
were killed when' their home vii
wrecked. Near Nashua. Ia.. a farmer
was reported to have been kniel. At
Eld ridge a score of persons were in
jured when their homes were demol
ished snd one woman was carried
through the air for thirty feet, at
taining a broken collar bone. Several
persons also were Injured near 1' cr
eatine. . , .
Heavy Ttaia PremV.
. In Illinois the most damage
done In Christian. Shelby, Mason r. 1
Morgan - counties. The towns r
Waverly. Clements. Reea and Yo
msns, south of Springfield, stiff er-i
severely. At Pana. Ill-, a passer rr
train was' wrecked by a wahot tut
no one was seriously injured.
. The Methodist church and rrron
age at 0?eela. 111., was wrecked.
In Chicago much damage was re
ported to windows, roofs and trrt
sidlnm by a high wlnd'tbst was pre
ceded by a heavy rain.
"The wreck of a Chlcsro. Mllwsn-
kee ft SL Paul train at Calmar was
reported In a telephone mestare
from West Union, after midnlgbt. it
was believed that -the train wjs from
Austin. Mian., but details were un
available. The report received at Weft TrJ n
was that a string of box cars. Down
out upon the main track, struck . U.
Austin train. .It was Impot!ll to
confirm the report here, or learn tt
exact nature of the train reported
wrecked.
Virtual cessation of wire communi
cation with the affected diftrKVi
made t difficult to get accurate de
tails tonight, hut IndlcatrSss were
that, while a terrific gale was pre
valent over most of central ana
northern Iowa, the tornadoes were
confined to Chlckssaw, Wlnaefhck.
Scott snd Muscatine counties.
It was reported that Fort Atkin
son. Fredericksburg. Osslan and Pal
mar ail suffered severely and tfcat
the villages of Republic. Pearl Rork
and Plalnrield were virtually de
stroyed.' . '
The known desd are Mrs. Thomas
Down. Theodore Krelger. Jr.. Al'-ert
Smith of near Hampton, and Hoy
Husband and Mrs. A. O. Carpenter
of near Nashua. Six additional deaths
were reported at Calmar, according
to a dispatch from West Un'.on.
eighteen miles south of here.
.DES MOINES, la.. .May 9.
Nashua and Immediate vicinity In
Chlcasaw county, northwest of here,
and Eld rid re. in Scott eounty. cine
miles north ot Davenport. . felt 1 he
full force of the tornadoes. At Ieat
one person wss killed near Nashua,
while a score of persons were In
jured. ,
HutlHnr Fall on Man.
Roy Husband, .a farmer residing
three miles from Nashua, was
crushed to death when a building
crumpled anon him. "
Confirmation of railroad reports
of other deaths In that vicinity were
larking. '
. Every bslHlng in the path of the
Nashua tornado was wrecked, over a
dUtrlct seven miles long and one
fourth to one-half mile wide. Five
children of Clarence White, alone at
the time, rushed to the bas-ment
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THE WKATHIin.
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Friday fair and wsnncr: frost !a
the interior In the morning; mod
erate northeasterly winSs.